MBA · Mumbai
SDA Bocconi Asia Center, Mumbai
Last updated 5 September 2026 · Reviewed by Piyush Agarwal · Latest change: Initial sourced profile published from the school's official IMB admissions, fees-and-scholarships and accreditations pages — all opened 5 September 2026; the admissions page's stale cycle-year references are disclosed rather than corrected by us
The short answer
As of September 2026, SDA Bocconi Asia Center in Powai, Mumbai admits its International Master in Business on any of five test routes — including its own Bocconi Test at no extra fee — with a published no-cut-off policy and a total fee of Rs 20,75,000 covering the Milan semester tuition. The printed academic bar is 55% in each of Class 10, 12 and graduation with a 70% aggregate average.
Selection process
- Hold an undergraduate degree in any discipline, or be in your final year; the IMB is designed for freshers and young executives with up to five years of work experience.
- Meet the printed academic bar: at least 55% in each of Class 10, Class 12 and under-graduation, and a minimum aggregate average of 70% across the three.
- Submit one test score — the Bocconi Test (which carries no additional fee and can be requested if you have no other score, or if your score is below the committee's expectation), CAT, GMAT, GRE or NMAT; the best of multiple scores is considered.
- The evaluation is holistic across academics, test scores and full-time post-graduation work experience, with documentary proof (employment or offer letters, salary slips, Form 16; tax returns and registration documents for the self-employed).
- The school states in writing that it does not indicate any cut-off or restriction — a high score helps, and an average score can be compensated by excellence in other areas.
Fees, with sources
| Item | Figure | Cycle | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMB total programme and academic fees | Admission fee Rs 2,75,000 plus tuition and academic fee Rs 18,00,000 — total Rs 20,75,000, paid in instalments scheduled with the offer letter; includes Milan-semester tuition and most teaching material; taxes extra as applicable | as published, checked September 2026 | SDA Bocconi Asia Center official Fees & Scholarships page ↗ checked 5 Sept 2026 |
| Milan term living costs (school's estimates) | No additional tuition for the four-month Milan term; the school estimates airfare at about 850-1,000 euros, housing at 500-650 euros a month, food at about 12 euros a meal box and public transport at 22-37 euros a month | as published, checked September 2026 | SDA Bocconi Asia Center official Fees & Scholarships page ↗ checked 5 Sept 2026 |
Is there a management quota here?
No management, institute-level or NRI quota appears anywhere on the school's admissions or fees pages. What the pages publish instead is a five-route test menu (including the school's own Bocconi Test at no additional fee), an explicit no-cut-off policy, and a single printed fee for everyone — Rs 20,75,000 all-in. A seat here is bought through the same application every other candidate files; anyone offering a side door is inventing one.
SDA Bocconi Asia Center is the outlier in Mumbai’s MBA map: a European school’s own campus in Powai, a single printed fee for every candidate, a published promise that there is no cut-off, and a test menu that includes the school’s own exam — free to take, and offered to exactly the candidates who would otherwise be locked out for want of a score.
What should an applicant plan for?
The academic screen is printed and unusual: 55% in each of Class 10, Class 12 and graduation, plus a 70% aggregate average across the three — a school that reads your whole academic history, not just your degree. The test menu is the widest fair one we have mapped in the city: the Bocconi Test (no additional fee), CAT, GMAT, GRE or NMAT, best score counted, no published floor on any of them. For a strong profile carrying a mediocre test score, the school’s own words — an average score can be compensated by excellence in other areas — are the most explicit low-score door a serious institution prints.
The money is one line: Rs 2,75,000 plus Rs 18,00,000, totalling Rs 20,75,000, instalments scheduled with the offer, Milan tuition inside the figure. Budget separately for four months of Milan living costs — the school’s own estimates run to roughly 1,400-1,700 euros a month all-in.
Two honest cautions. First, the admissions page carries forward older cycle references in its requirements text (CAT 2022/2023, a March 2024 work-experience date) — treat the printed requirements as the template and confirm the current round’s accepted test years and deadlines with the admissions team. Second, if your goal is an AICTE-approved Indian PGDM, this is a European school delivering its own programme in Mumbai — a different kind of credential, accredited internationally rather than by an Indian regulator. The Mumbai guide sets it beside the city’s Indian-credential doors.
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Questions, answered
- What exactly is the IMB at SDA Bocconi Asia Center?
- The International Master in Business is a postgraduate management programme delivered in Powai, Mumbai by the Asia hub of SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan — with a four-month term at the Milan campus built into the tuition fee. The hub has run programmes designed by the Italian school since 2012, and the school carries the AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA triple crown of accreditations.
- Can I get into SDA Bocconi Asia Center without CAT?
- Yes — and without any external test at all. The school runs its own Bocconi Test at no additional fee, and will ask you to take it if you have no other score or if your score is below the committee's expectation. CAT, GMAT, GRE and NMAT scores are equally valid routes, and the school publishes no cut-off for any of them.
- What is the total fee for the IMB?
- Per the official Fees & Scholarships page opened on 5 September 2026: an admission fee of Rs 2,75,000 plus tuition and academic fee of Rs 18,00,000 — Rs 20,75,000 in total, paid in instalments scheduled with the offer letter. That figure includes the Milan semester's tuition and most teaching material; taxes are extra, and living costs in Milan (the school estimates roughly 1,400-1,700 euros a month all-in) are borne by the student.
- Is the IMB open to fresh graduates?
- Yes. The school describes the IMB as designed for freshers and young executives with up to five years of work experience, and final-year students may apply. The hard screens are academic: 55% in each of Class 10, 12 and graduation, and a 70% aggregate average across the three.
- Does SDA Bocconi Asia Center have a management quota?
- None is published. The admissions and fees pages describe one route for everyone — one of five test scores plus a holistic profile evaluation, at one printed fee. There is no institute-level, discretionary or NRI seat category anywhere on the official pages we opened on 5 September 2026.
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